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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Adenoma > Adenoma, Islet Cell
Digestive System Diseases > Pancreatic Diseases > Pancreatic Neoplasms > Adenoma, Islet Cell
Endocrine System Diseases > Endocrine Gland Neoplasms > Pancreatic Neoplasms > Adenoma, Islet Cell
Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Endocrine Gland Neoplasms > Pancreatic Neoplasms > Adenoma, Islet Cell
Digestive System Diseases > Digestive System Neoplasms > Pancreatic Neoplasms > Adenoma, Islet Cell
Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Digestive System Neoplasms > Pancreatic Neoplasms > Adenoma, Islet Cell

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Adenoma, Islet Cell  

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Entry terms

  • Islet Cell Tumor
  • Islet Cell Tumors
  • Tumor, Islet Cell
  • Tumors, Islet Cell

Note

  • coordinate with PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; ALPHA-CELL TUMOR see GLUCAGONOMA; BETA-CELL TUMOR see INSULINOMA and pancreatic delta-cell tumor see SOMATOSTATINOMA are available

Scope note

  • A benign tumor of the pancreatic ISLET CELLS. Usually it involves the INSULIN-producing PANCREATIC BETA CELLS, as in INSULINOMA, resulting in HYPERINSULINISM.

History note

  • 94; was ISLET CELL TUMOR 1963-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007516

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